Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers for the Healthcare Team Webinar
Target Audience: Pharmacist
Course Overview
Patients with diabetes mellitus often face significant health complications because of their illness. Complications include potential retinopathy, kidney disease, and diabetic foot ulcers. To guide treatment decisions, care team members must assess and categorize diabetic ulcers effectively. They should also be familiar with local care strategies, including wound debridement, offloading techniques, and proper wound dressing application to promote optimal healing. In this continuing education activity, participants will learn about factors that place diabetic patients at risk of developing foot ulcers. Best practices for evaluating these injuries and preventing complications are discussed. This presentation will also cover preventive and treatment strategies in the context of the healthcare team's collaborative care considerations, including educating patients and their caregivers on self-care practices.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Recall the classification of diabetic ulcers
- Describe the roles of care team members in the management of diabetic ulcers
- Describe local care strategies for diabetic ulcers
- Compare and Contrast antibiotics used to treat infected diabetic ulcers
Faculty
I. Introduction
II. Etiology and Epidemiology
III. Pathophysiology
IV. Classification and Staging
V. Local Care of Diabetic Ulcers
VI. Management of Infected Ulcers
VII. Roles of Care Team Members
VIII. Summary
From December 30, 2024 through December 30, 2027, participants must:
- Read the "learning objectives" and "author and planning team disclosures"
- Study the section entitled "educational activity"
- Complete the Course Test and Evaluation form. The Course Test will be graded automatically. Following successful completion of the Course Test with a score of 70% or higher, a statement of participation will be made available immediately. (No partial credit will be given.)
Credit for this course will be automatically uploaded to CPE Monitor®.
Faculty Planner Disclosure
The following individuals were involved in developing this activity: L. Austin Fredrickson, MD, FACP, Liz Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS, and Pamela Sardo, PharmD, BS. Pamela Sardo, L. Austin Fredrickson, MD, FACP, and Liz Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS, have no conflicts of interest or financial relationships regarding the subject matter. There are no financial relationships or commercial or financial support relevant to this activity to report or disclose by RxCe.com or any of the individuals involved in the development of this activity.
Unlabeled Use Disclosure
The information provided in this course is general in nature and it is solely designed to provide participants with continuing education credit(s). This course and materials are not meant to substitute for the independent, professional judgment of any participant regarding that participant’s professional practice, including but not limited to patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Medical and pharmacy practices, rules, and laws vary from state to state, and this course does not cover the laws of each state; therefore, participants must consult the laws of their state as they relate to their professional practice. Healthcare professionals, including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, must consult with their employer, healthcare facility, hospital, or other organization, for guidelines, protocols, and procedures they are to follow. The information provided in this course does not replace those guidelines, protocols, and procedures but is for academic purposes only, and this course’s limited purpose is for the completion of continuing education credits. Participants are advised and acknowledge that information related to medications, their administration, dosing, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, warnings, precautions, or accepted uses are constantly changing, and any person taking this course understands that such person must make an independent review of medication information prior to any patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Any discussion of off-label use of any medication, device, or procedure is informational only and such uses are not endorsed hereby. Nothing contained in this course represents the opinions, views, judgments, or conclusions of RxCe.com LLC. RxCe.com LLC is not liable or responsible to any person for any inaccuracy, error, or omission with respect to this course, or course material.
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Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, RxCE.com is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.